Unix was developed in the early 1970's for use in mainframes. Today there are hundreds of variations and many of them will run a on pc, just like linux.
can someone explain the unix deal to me? Is a unix a pc with the unix operating system or is it a different type or cpu(or mainframe)? Is linux=unix?
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Unix was developed in the early 1970's for use in mainframes. Today there are hundreds of variations and many of them will run a on pc, just like linux.
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so its a OS that will run on a computer. something like dos right? what else will it run on beside a PC?
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PC is the only one so far. Linux is both similar and not similar to DOS. Some versions of Linux come with GUI or graphical user interfaces, which are quite similar to a windows desktop. I recommend it.
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Unix doesn't just run on PCs. PCs are personal computers. In the past there were people that all used terminals to connect to one computer (sharing the CPU and resources) -- mainframes. Servers also use UNIX..... UNIX is a type of operating system.
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